Windows 10 Activation Woes

[Jonj1611]

Well my original machine that was updated and ACTIVATED first I went back to today, decided I would rather have things fresh as possible, so used the Refresh My PC option or whatever it is. Proceeded to do that then :-

Oh dear Windows 10 has wiped the boot partition, erm, ok boot repair, no boot device present, ok then, considering its showing in the bios, every other repair option, nothing. Now reinstalling Win 8 to do it all again :/

Remember people, we do this first so you don't have to

[Deadlight]

So will the Update Tool allow to choose a destination drive?

[GuidoLS]

So will the Update Tool allow to choose a destination drive?

The ISO you can create with the Update Tool will - I've not tried to do it strictly from the 19mb exe - I opted to have the install media in front of me, on the off chance of a power failure or ISP outage.

[outwar6010]

I had to post this somewhere it made me lol

[Godric]

no wonder Microsoft are giving it away for free Windows 10 is rubbish... it is even worse than Windows 8 ... back to good ole Windows 7 Pro

geared towards buying apps, Renting/buying Dvd's and Music via their online store then their is the small matter of most of my bought software does not work, my creative fatal1ty titanium pro does not work ... thankfully I had my image backed up and was able to go back to my Windows 7 pro via my acronis boot disc in under 10 minutes

[Trash Man]

Is there still an issue with activating Windows 10?

I upgraded today, from Windows 7. It was activated fine. I then did a clean install and now I can't get the installation to activate.

[MrNeil]

Not sure if this helps Trash Man but im collecting all sorts of sites regarding this before i try out Windows 10 but there are some comments that might help !

Im sure a expert from here will help you out soon !

https://www.thurrott.com/windows/win...all-windows-10

[directhex]

No, doesn't look like you can remove them, seem to be part of the system.

http://well.actually.cat

You need to know the Metro name for an app, then can run something like the following in an administrative PowerShell (e.g. this one removes mail/calendar):

Get-appxprovisionedpackage –online | where-object {$_.packagename –like "*windowscommunicationsapps*"} | remove-appxprovisionedpackage –online

[rovit44]

Hi,

Just wondering if anyone else is having trouble activating their copy of Windows 10?

Upgraded from 8.1 Pro to 10 Pro and

internet and PC worked fine on win 8.1 prof 64-bit on i5-3570k Asus p8z77-v lx with 8gig ram, ssd

I have updated to win 10, update went well but it couldn't connect to internet after, so I eventually rolled back to 8.1 and everything works fine again

I have run mini tool - shows lots of MS Win Immersive Shell & Software Protection Platform Service Application errors, lots of Service control manager system errors, NS Office session errors, code integrity errors

I have tried installing Win10 Auto Installation Program (SID:1743532) from Realtek for Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller, which I hoped was a current driver

Also tried the advice on social TechNet Microsoft Forums no-ethernet-on-windows-10 and on answers Microsoft windows_10 update updating-a-driver

can anyone advise how to fix network connection problems in win 10 please? seems to several problems with Asus machines

[DaVeX]

Sorry guys, I have a copy of win7 upgraded to win8.1,now I am ready to upgrade to win10...if I want to perform a clean install of win10 should I install it as upgrade and after do a clean install?No need to do all the steps again right (7>8.1>10)?
Sorry for the noob question but I am not sure how win10 will manage my product key after 3 upgrades...

[Millennium]

DaVeX: As I understand it you need to do the upgrade, then grab the key and do a fresh install with it from Win10 media. Please note though - I haven't tried this myself!

Rovit44: When the network card wasn't working, was there an error showing next to the driver in device manager? I think if so that would help you narrow it down. Not worth doing another upgrade for to find out though, maybe someone else had your problem and posted about it in a networking forum somewhere. Most likely to be a driver issue would be my guess.

My experience: Had Windows 8.1 on my desktop and Windows 7 on my laptop. Both upgraded perfectly with windows update and no authentication problems. Yet to record the keys for either, or back either up as it happens, need to get around to this ..

[watercooled]

I'm not certain myself but yeah I think you will need to perform the upgrade first in order to get it activated, then do the clean install from a Win10 disc afterwards. But keep backups just in case!

[DaVeX]

Thanks for your reply guys. Just tryed on my notebook, you need to upgrade first, from win8.1 to win10, to activate it. After win10 is activated you have to download the Windows Media Creation Tool, select the proper iso, download it and burn on dvd. Now you can perform a clean install, win10 will be automatically activated after install (win10 will recognize your pc ID).

[watercooled]

I've just performed an upgrade on a Win7 netbook, however the version of 7 installed was COA-activated via the phone a while back (IIRC I wiped the original install as it was full of bloatware). Upon booting into Windows 10 it didn't seem to be activating correctly. I thought it might have been something to do with the COA activation rather than the standard SLP. Long story short, it resolved itself after a couple of reboots after Win Update had finished, so if anyone runs into the same issue it might be worth just waiting to see if the issue goes away.

[Mister]

Microsoft activation is a pain in the arse these days, especially if you have a network which is not linked to the internet. It's about on par with their tech support :/

[watercooled]

Windows 10 upgrade activation is a nightmare and part of the reason I've been putting off updating my own system. Not sure if I've mentioned it on this thread but one of the things concerning me is that MS have not been clear about how the upgrade license works with regard to new PC hardware after the free upgrade period ends.

E.g. say I do the Win10 update from Win7 now, but 18 months down the line I decide to perform an upgrade which involves changing the motherboard, CPU and GPU, will it activate? And if not, will phone activation work?

I wonder if you'd have to just let the installation boot on the new hardware to register the new hardware to the license, then re-format? There's just no clarification on it at all from MS.